A Lagos based human rights lawyer, Malcolm Omirobo has been arrested for embarking on a one-man protest and demanding to see President, Muhhamadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
While attempting to progress into
the villa, omirobo was approached by CSP Isah Hadejia who tried to stop him
from continuing with the protest.
Hadejia had promised to transmit his demands to the
appropriate quarters.
Speaking to newsmen, Omirobo insisted on proceeding with his
match, adding that he has a constitutional right as a law-abiding citizen to
protest at the villa as long as he remains peaceful without requiring to
pre-inform any authorities of such visit.
The Human Rights lawyer stressed that his protest was aimed
at meeting the President with regards to what he described as genocide against
Nigerians especially in the North East.
He lamented the killing of about 43 Nigerian farmers who
were working to promote Federal Government’s rice sufficiency policy but were
left unprotected and allowed to be gruesomely killed by members of Boko Haram.
However, he was yet to conclude his press briefing when men
of the Department of State Service arrived at the scene, bundled him into a
vehicle and drove into the villa.
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